“I am thankful for the upcoming ‘Our Children, Climate, Faith Symposium’ in Strafford, Vermont. The gathered voices/efforts of those compelled by their faith, who love God’s creation and our children, who need it to be healthy, promises to be a prophetic event that will make a significant difference.” Dr. Joel C. Hunter, Senior Pastor, Northland – A Church Distributed

We have added two events for 2015 in order to broaden our audience and make it easier for all to attend.

Testimonial

One attendee (Ron Kearns) shared how his experience of the Symposium brought him to a new understanding and motivation on climate action:

You are likely to be aware of the "Climate March" which took place in NYC yesterday...
People voiced their views on what is not working for the planet or its inhabitants with homemade signs both elaborate and simple, singing songs, chanting slogans as they marched, .... but mostly by walking their talk alongside one another. Truly it was a coming together around an issue almost universally agreed upon yet seldom discussed. I had been asleep to climate change, or more accurately I felt powerless and overwhelmed and responded towards it more like our leaders do .... with an inertia. Then a month or two ago I went to a small symposium in a tiny town in Vermont and found people living in the splendor of the green mountains living with more fervor for a sustainable future than I had been. The symposium was [on]" Faith, Climate Change, and our children". Something there woke me up.
SO I went to NYC this weekend and found hundreds of thousands of regular people ilike you and I, coming together in small groups, and saying "no more" to social and planetary injustices ..... It was heartwarming and enlivening!SO, I want to say two things: - the threats of climate change are real
- and so are the voices calling for a better more fair world.What do you say?
Thanks for listening,Ron

The 1st Annual Symposium, in 2013, featured 3 Keynote Speakers, a Youth Panel, and 4 Panel Sessions that focused on discovering the connection between faith, work for social justice, children, and climate activism.